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| MINERALOGY OF The Granite Mountain Syenite PULASKI AND SALINE COUNTIES, ARKANSAS Within the last few...from the syenite pegmatites of Granite Mountain. HENRY L . BARWOOD Arkansas Mining and Mineral Resources...Resources Research Institute Arkansas Tech University Russellville, Arkansas 72801 A C O M P L E X P L U T O...Saline County to the city limits of Little Rock in Pulaski County. The outcrops in Saline County are weath...the northeast forms a promi nent ridge ("Granite" Mountain) and contains four active and many inactive |
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| after mineral from the Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas' intrusive ring-dike complex are the eightling...John Branner the Arkansas State Geologist paid for the printing of many of the Arkansas Geological Survey...Rose ( 1862) and are actually diagrams of Graves Mountain rutile twins but in Williams ( 1891) labeled lo...origin. In addition to solid inclusions of host rock minerals (i.e .. quartz, pyrite, albite). the emeralds...white material (Nassau and Jackson. 1970). The core area Yaries in size from top to bottom of the crystal |
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| Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...Box 2043 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I •( 11 o •« c »««ou cxi ju4«iO«J...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types....Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines...... |
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| crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the Civil War, and peaked...in full swing and the demand for and price of Arkansas quartz crystals has skyrocketed. In October 1987...exploited. Continued interest in and study of Arkansas minerals, par ticularly the microminerals, will...for their good companionship during my years of Arkansas collecting. Particular thanks goes to these hardcore |
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| Helberta Ave. #2 Redondo Beach, CA 90277 ✓ • The Little Falls dolostone, a siliceous dolomitic limestone..."'Herkimer diamonds." The Little Falls dolostone outcrops from Poland in eastern Onieda County to Fonda in Montgomery...Montgomery County, and laterally equivalent formations occur as far east as Saratoga (Zenger, 198 1). The...the formation. Because of the large geographical area and different stratigraph ic horizons, there are...crystals. At the Eastern Rock Products quarry in St. Johnsville, Montgomery County the quartz crystals tend |
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| at Hastie's Quarry. A Page from-a Collecto,r's Notebook: More Finds at the Midstate Quarry Magnet Cove...Cove,Hot SpringCounty,Arkansas Art Smith 9118 Concho Street Houston, Texas 77036 In April, 1998, Clyde...Malvern, Arkansas sent me some specimens he had received in trade from the Midstate Quarry, also known...known as the 51 Quarry, on the outer southeast edge of Magnet Cove (see Mineral News vol. 14, no. 4, ~998)...~998). Although this quarry has been active for several years it ~as only been since the operations have |
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| Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Colorado Minerals Genesis Epoch Mel & Pam Bersch 248 Little Park Rd. Grand Junction, CO 81503 970-242-3134...inerals http://w ww .frii.com /~glacier Green Mountain Minerals Stanley Korzeb 13993 E. Arizona Ave....all.com / COLORADO MINERAL AND FOSSIL SHOW Holiday Inn Denver North SEPT. 15-19, 1999 10 a.m. to 7...Fine M inerals, W orldwide By Appointm ent Only Mountain Minerals International Dudley Blauwet P.O. Box |
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| R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...mineral localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia...............................sodium calcium phosphate hydrate from the Paterson area, New J ersey .....................................Simmons & F. J. Wicks Calcioferrite from the Moculta quarry, near Angaston, South Australia ................. from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and Bob Sullivan; |
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| and changes must be made, the foundations seem a little shaky. There were changes in 2018. How they will...Ralph was a mainstay of the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He made his presence...symposium had taken place in the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, some 75 kilometers north of...Paul Adams presented Mineral Collecting in Mineral County, Nevada, in which he covered localities in the...other a more micro-oriented jaunt to the Lead Mountain mine for tantalite, columbite, and other rare |
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| Calcite Geodes from the Glen Rose Formation of Comal County, Texas William L. Rader 821 0 Bent Tree Road, #219...Canyon Lake in northern Coma! County, Texas. The geodes are found in rock that has been assigned to the...abundantly along the outcrop. Some occur in situ in the rock, but the majority are found at the base of the bed...section of the Glen Rose Formation in the Canyon Lake area. He subdivided the formation into groupings of grossly...a thickness of 16 to 26 feet in the Canyon Lake area. It lies approximately 132 to 158 feet above the |
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| acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...fu l desk ornaments to jewelry. Lanny Hydraulic Rock TrimmriY"'ir W1Jdar has perfected the art of hydmuYk...of banded mal achite are veneered o n a commo n rock base to form tunning stable tops, tazzas, lamps...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com |
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| Historic Katerina Mine Pala District, San Diego County, California Jesse Fisher 380 Pennsylvania A venue...dike system low on the southern slope or Hiriart Mountain, the eastern-most of four hills which make up...Diego County, California. First discovered during the "Gem Rush''that occurred in San Diego County during...masses on fracture and void surfaces in volcanic rock. Crystals average 5 µm wide by 50 µm long of various...Continuedon page 4 2 Minernl News Greater Denver Area Gem and Mineral Council makes grant to Mineral Information |
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| Eliot Trying to describe the "Tucson Show" is a little like trying to nail a blob of mercury to the wall...ignorant, and we learn as we go. Each year we know a little more, and begin to pick and choose to suit ourselves...embedded in "gravestone granite," totally homogenous, harder than the hinges of bell granite that has not eroded...all. So there you have it, tiny dikes in giant granite boulders, daunting to say the least. That's if...two-ton solid granite boulders (see photo attached). Emanuele looks at me and says, "The mountain is strong |
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| Newsletter Pebble Beach Pegmatites Lake Buchanan, Llano County, Texas Art Smith 9118 Concho Str. Houston, Texas...Canine Road Marble Falls, Texas 78654 .7 l Llano County has long been known for its rare-earth granitic...inclusions of galena, draw~ng_by_the author. Hydraulic Rock Trimm Wydar has perfectedthe art of hydraulic trimmers...Ph.D: seriksson@vt.edu. Midstate Quarry names The Midstate Quarry (Magnet Cove, AR) which has been described... it has no official name. Area mineral collectors called it the 51 Quarry for years, because it was alongside |
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| Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles , CA Joseph A. Mandarino...the sound of the trade winds? Why show lumps of rock when Kilauea itself can be shown sliding its hissing...much astronomy can one glean from staring at a moon rock in the American Museum of Nat4ral History on Central...clear that current management wishes to have as little to do with this collection as possible. How long...carried immediately above it and terminating in a little tabular 114 support on which the crystal can |
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| Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... LOCATION The town of Dal’negorsk is located a little over 35 km inland from the sea of Japan and 300...It serves as the center of a very active mining area; a narrow-gauge railway for hauling ore passes directly...through the center of town. Other ore deposits in the area include Kavalerovo (disseminated cassiterite), Sinerecenskoe...the western slope of the Sikhote-Alin Range, in an area of taiga and mixed forest with subtropical vegetation |
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| Mineral Collector's Newsle Calcite Bonanza in Lewis County Missouri Me lissa Pcrucca Meliss530 l @aol.com...highway constructio n along Route 61 in Lew is County, MO has uncovered geode-bearing sections of the...famous Keok uk geodes. Althoug h geodes from this area are certainly not new, the recent construction exposed...This set off a ' go ld rush' like atmosphere in the rock hound ing community. O f particular interest is...2-lane to 4-lane expansion of Route 6 1 in Lewis County, the construction crew cut thro ugh low hills of |
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| (Cont inues next page) Afghanite. Pitigliano Quarry, Grosseto, Toscana, Italy Source: Photographic...dangerous work? Can you imagine going to work in the USA. not knowing if you will come home alive that same...7) VEWW~ - Spr~l COLORADO MINERAL & FOSSIL § Holiday Inn - Denver Central * 4849 Bannock Street (where...experiences er /es plus bon vana. And by paying a little too much for the peci mens. and by buy ing a hand...com Minerals of Northern England $40 + $6.00 s/h USA Last mo nth ·s article pertain i ng to resea rch |
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| may be encountered. Batopilas, (Chihuahua) where little specimen material seems to be coming from forth...tarnished exterior and looked nearly black. There is little chance that a collector would miss the correct...Similarly, a great fossil collection will receive little respect and interest from the average mineral dealer/collector...no longer available today, or if the dealer had little or no stocks of these otherwise saleable specimens...generous offer (or any offer at all!). as there is little prospect of prompt turnover. The lesson: if one |
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| in Maud Carter Clement's History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Lynchburg, VA, (1929). Dr. Watson’s...became superintendent of Schools in Pittsylvania County, a position that one of his sons (and T.L. Watson’s...Mart) Ramada Plaza - Denver Central (Formerly Holiday Inn) SEPT. 14 - 16, 2012 4849 Bannock Street, Denver...know you'll enjoy, even if they think you are a little nuts for doing so. We have run several articles...was unfamiliar with this area in the southeastern part of the state, and a little research disclosed that |
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| Photo: 5.1.Pekov. The Baringer Hill Pegmatite Llano County, Texas Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Introduction...minerals. Also a collecting field trip to the Llano area was carried out during the spring of 2008 with emphasis...magnetite. Subordinate rock-forming constituents of these rocks are phlogopite (sporadically altered to...crystals to 0.5 cm in a pcrovskitc-calcitcpyroxenc rock. Its irregular grains of the same size, with resinous...COSTA MESA, CA Gust south of 405 Fwy at Bristol HOLIDAY INN-Costa Mesa ' NOV. 14 - 15 - 16, 2008 \\ - |
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| R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University... Menezes and J. M. Martins The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California ............................noticed by Bill on a specimen from the San Venanzo quarry, Terni, Umbria, Italy, and was later recognized...orebody was an unusually high hill (180 meters in an area where other hills rarely exceed 80 m) measuring...granular rock consisting primarily of calcite, dolomite (including ankerite) or other rock-forming carbonates |
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| TwinnedFornacite from the Singer Mine, Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada Paul M. Adams 126 S. Helberta Ave. #2 Redondo...7 miles (11 km) southwest of Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada. Goodsprings is located 7 miles west of...production shafts, at the Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, MO. 2 l\1inernl News Mny 1998 If you've bought...things from old localities this year!·) Hydraulic Rock Trimmer Wydar has perfected the art of hydraulic...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com |
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| uncommon lithium-mica from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California .....................................making yourself a self-taught specialist in some area, perhaps silver minerals, for example. A check of...issues of some of the other mineral magazines such as Rock & Gem, Rocks & Minerals, Lapidary Journal or Gems...satisfaction and being where the action is.) Here again, a little imagination will reveal many different ways to...10 copies or more. We had to raise the price a little over the edition of three years ago, but $8 is |
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| Morganite Discovery froin Mt. Antero in Chaffee County, Colorado William Henry Hutchinson University of...Mount White in the Collegiate Range in Chaffee County, Colorado (Jacobson 1993). Over this period of...pieces, is the largest recorded beryl found on the mountain to date (Jacobson, personal commun. 2006) and...shed new light on the complex mineralogy of the area. Both organizations had previously partnered in...preservation related to the mining and mineralogy of the area. The museum mineral collections are arranged in |
